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Hampden AT136 Information

Type	Hampden
Serial Number	AT136
Squadron	420
X1D	PT-N
Operation	Essen
Date 1	8th June 1942
Date 2	9th June 1942

Further Information

"Serial range AT109 - AT158. 50 HP52 Hampden Mk.B.1. Part of a batch of 250 Hampden B.1. 120 were built by The English Electric Co. (Preston), and delivered between Oct41 and Mar42. AT109-AT158; AT172-AT196; AT216-AT260, of which:- AT109; AT114; AT117; AT125; AT135; AT145; AT150; AT184; AT193; AT195; AT232; AT241; AT243; AT244; AT251; AT253; AT256-AT259 were converted to Hampden TB (Torpedo Bomber). The last 130 of this order were cancelled. AT136 was initially issued to No.44 Sqdn. Transferred to No.420 sqdn Airborne from Waddington. Shot down into the sea by a night- fighter. Lost without trace. All are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. F/S I.M.Reid RCAF KIA Sgt A.J.Grabham RAAF KIA Sgt H.R.Copeland RCAF KIA Sgt C.J.Bunn KIA "